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Would you take a drug that caused part of your brain to grow?
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_sooz_
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Would you take a drug that caused part of your brain to grow?
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http://gizmodo.com/brain/
"It's an entirely new approach to treating clinical depression, which is the first of several diseases scientists at biotech company Neuralstem are hoping to address with their experimental oral drug. Most antidepressants work on brain chemistry, tweaking levels of neurotransmitters including serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. This is the first drug that aims to re-grow patients' atrophied brains."
With anything that messes with my brain or my genes, i would want to see at LEAST 5-10 year long-term results before even going near something like this. It's one thing to take a new anti-depressant or something, the worst you get there is some bad side effects, but something like this just plain sounds dodgy.
So, would you do it?
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winga
Title: Canadian
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Registered: 2001-4-27 15:46:32
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_sooz_ posted:
http://gizmodo.com/brain/
"It's an entirely new approach to treating clinical depression, which is the first of several diseases scientists at biotech company Neuralstem are hoping to address with their experimental oral drug. Most antidepressants work on brain chemistry, tweaking levels of neurotransmitters including serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. This is the first drug that aims to re-grow patients' atrophied brains."
With anything that messes with my brain or my genes, i would want to see at LEAST 5-10 year long-term results before even going near something like this. It's one thing to take a new anti-depressant or something, the worst you get there is some bad side effects, but something like this just plain sounds dodgy.
So, would you do it?
I probably would if a part of my brain actually atrophied.
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Would you take a drug that caused part of your brain to grow?
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What do you grow a tumor so hospitals and doctors can get rich operating on you?
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JD_HOGG
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No. I would try medical marijuana first and see if that doesn't help.
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_sooz_
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AgzntOrange2 posted:
What do you grow a tumor so hospitals and doctors can get rich operating on you?
Que?
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regulator_cracka
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Isn't is clearly obvious ACF would not.
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myxomatosis8
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Registered: 2001-7-14 23:45:21
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Gee, I think I recall seeing an entire movie based on this sort of idea.
Oh, and I didn't read anything except the title, so I have no idea what you said in your post.
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winga
Title: Canadian
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Gaevren
Title: Wat do?
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Registered: 2004-9-15 09:29:36
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If I suffered from severe depression and nothing so far had worked for me, I would probably try it. I would probably volunteer for the clinical trials/tests, in fact.
When it's that bad for someone, you get people who are willing to try a lot of different stuff, just hoping it'll help.
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Gaevren
Title: Wat do?
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_sooz_ posted:
http://gizmodo.com/brain/
"It's an entirely new approach to treating clinical depression, which is the first of several diseases scientists at biotech company Neuralstem are hoping to address with their experimental oral drug. Most antidepressants work on brain chemistry, tweaking levels of neurotransmitters including serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. This is the first drug that aims to re-grow patients' atrophied brains."
With anything that messes with my brain or my genes, i would want to see at LEAST 5-10 year long-term results before even going near something like this. It's one thing to take a new anti-depressant or something, the worst you get there is some bad side effects, but something like this just plain sounds dodgy.
So, would you do it?
Think about it this way too. You have some mental issues that are taking quite a toll on your life in certain ways. All drugs have side effects. Sometimes the side effect is even death, and that's with meds that have been on the market for a long time, never mind newer drugs. Would you really want to wait 5-10 years to try something that could possibly cure you, or at the very least improve your situation immensely? I think I would take the risk.
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